The UK government announced today that it has decided not to proceed with its plans to develop and implement a UK Green Taxonomy, its proposed classification system for categorizing climate and environmentally sustainable economic activities, and one of the key parts of its sustainable finance framework. According to a statement released by the UK finance […]
Energy infrastructure startup Unblock has raised $13.5 million in a funding round, with proceeds to be used to expand its efforts to convert wasted energy into computing power across Latin America. Founded in 2021, Unblock deploys modular data centers at remote energy sites and captures any gas that would otherwise be flared or curtailed renewable […]
The European Commission announced the adoption of a series of “quick fix” amendments to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), delaying the addition of new requirements for large companies already reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), including new disclosures in areas including biodiversity, workers in the value chain, and Scope 3 emissions. The […]
HSBC announced that it has decided to withdraw from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), following its North American peers to become the first major UK bank to exit the UN-backed coalition dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities. Despite its departure from the NZBA, however, HSCB reiterated its commitment to pursue […]
Ørsted beschafft für Greater Changhua 90 in Taiwan ca. 2.75 Milliarden TWD (25 Milliarden US-Dollar) von 5 Banken und 2 Exportkreditagenturen. Das 632-MW-Windprojekt umfasst einen Betriebsstandort und einen im Bau befindlichen Standort, dessen Fertigstellung für Ende 2025 geplant ist. Die Finanzierung unterstützt die Desinvestitions- und Partnerschaftsstrategie von Ørsted, wobei nach der Inbetriebnahme ein Anteilsverkauf erwartet […]
5.2 Mrd. € Co-Investition in East Anglia DREI: Im Rahmen des größten Offshore-Windenergie-Deals des Jahrzehnts erwerben Masdar und Iberdrola jeweils einen 50-prozentigen Anteil am britischen 1.4-GW-Windpark East Anglia THREE, der voraussichtlich 1.3 Millionen Haushalte mit Strom versorgen wird. Baltic Eagle voller Energie: Das nun in Betrieb genommene 476-MW-Projekt ist das erste Gemeinschaftsprojekt der Partner und […]
Neue CDR-Standards für den Schiffsbau: Erstmalige Aufnahme von Kriterien für Methoden zur abiotischen Entfernung von Kohlenstoff aus dem Meer wie „Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement“ und „Direct Ocean Removal“. Verbesserte Messung und Verifizierung: Die Kriterien für 2025 betonen direkte Messung, Fernerkundung und automatisierte Überwachung, um die CDR-Buchhaltung zu verbessern. Anleitung auf Grundlage realer Daten: Erkenntnisse aus Microsofts […]
Carbon removal buyer coalition Frontier announced a new $41 million offtake agreement with bioenergy carbon capture & storage (BECCS) company storage Arbor, to remove 116,000 tons of CO2 between 2028 and 2030, on behalf of companies including Google, Shopify, and H&M Group. The new offtake agreements will enable Arbor to proceed with its first commercial-scale […]
The UK government announced that it has reached a new partnership deal with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation aimed at channeling major investments in clean energy and infrastructure over the next decade. Under the new partnership, Sumitomo said that it will aim to facilitate £7.5 billion (USD$10.2 billion) of investment into key UK infrastructure and clean energy […]
Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday to reject a benchmarking system categorizing countries by their level of deforestation risk, marking a potential new setback for the new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), aimed at ensuring that products imported to or exported from EU markets no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation globally, including […]
Microsoft announced a new long-term offtake agreement with energy infrastructure investment manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Denmark-based waste-to-energy (WtE) company Vestforbrænding, for the delivery of nearly 3 million tons of carbon removal generated through a new large-scale carbon capture and storage project at a WtE facility in the greater Copenhagen region. Under the new […]
Sustainability technology company Clarity AI announced today the acquisition of ecolytiq, a provider of in-app climate engagement solutions for financial institutions, in a move described by Clarity AI as aimed at expanding its climate engagement offering for global retail and commercial banking financial institutions, as well as its consumer engagement capabilities.
Deutschland steckt mitten in der Energiewende – doch ohne gesetzliche Reformen bleibt das Milliardenpotenzial offener Immobilienfonds ungenutzt. Energiekosten senken, Immobilien attraktiver machen, Portfolios diversifizieren Wir sind davon überzeugt, dass sich Immobilien und erneuerbare Energien in Zukunft immer stärker ergänzen werden, da die Kombination beider Assetklassen einen echten Mehrwert bietet. Beide sind per se langfristig orientierte […]
Lithium gilt als entscheidend für die Mobilitätswende, doch es ist knapp. Mit neuer Technik könnte das Metall für E-Auto-Batterien effizienter gefördert werden. Der Schlüssel: Geothermie.
Singapore-based real estate investment manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI) announced the launch of its new “Return on Sustainability (RoS) framework,” aimed at quantifying the financial value of green capital expenditure. The new tool has been established at a time when expectations shift from climate pledges to demonstrable results. Featured in CLI’s latest Global Sustainability Report, the […]
